Current Volume 10(8) 2004 (28)

01 Aug 2004   

Bone marrow transplantation in the course of hematological malignancies – Follow-up study in blood serum by ³¹P MRS

Małgorzata Kuliszkiewicz-Janus, Stanisław Baczyński, [...] Anna Jurczyk - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(8): CR485-492 :: ID: 11721

01 Aug 2004   

Comparison of simple indices of insulin sensitivity using the euglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamp technique

Marek Strączkowski, Agnieszka Stępień, [...] Irina Kowalska, Ida Kinalska - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(8): CR480-484 :: ID: 11719

01 Aug 2004   

Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism and risk of myocardial infarction in Colombia

Leonelo E. Bautista, María E. Ardila, [...] Germán Gamarra, Clara I. Vargas, Ivan A. Arenas - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(8): CR473-479 :: ID: 11741

01 Aug 2004   

Screening for CDG type Ia in Joubert syndrome

Eva Morava, Beatrix Cser, [...] Judit Karteszi, Karin Huijben, Laszlo Szonyi, Gyorgy Kosztolanyi, Ron Wevers - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(8): CR469-472 :: ID: 11734

01 Aug 2004   

Neutrophil elastase and interleukin-8 as inflammatory mediators in mechanically ventilated children

Bożena Polańska, Danuta Sidor, [...] Iwona Leszczyk-Kapusta, Maria Niemczuk, Wanda Paradowska-Jeszke, Krystyna Ciborska, Adam Jankowski - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(8): CR463-468 :: ID: 11718

01 Aug 2004   

Increased plasma homocysteine concentrations in healthy people with hostile behavior: the ATTICA study

Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos, Christos Pitsavos, [...] Christine Chrysohoou, Efi Tsetsekou, Charalambos Papageorgiou, George Christodoulou, Christodoulos Stefanadis - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(8): CR457-462 :: ID: 11733

01 Aug 2004   

Depression and physical health among family caregivers of geriatric patients with cancer – a longitudinal view

Margot E. Kurtz, J. Cleo Kurtz, [...] Charles W. Given, Barbara A. Given - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(8): CR447-456 :: ID: 11739

01 Aug 2004   

Effect of long-term hemodialysis on plasma lecithin: cholesterol acyltransferase activity and the amounts and compositions of HDL₂ and HDL₃ in hemodialysis-treated patients with chronic renal failure: a 9-year longitudinal study

Khedidja Mekki, Malika Bouchenak, [...] Mustapha Remaoun, Jacques Belleville - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(8): CR439-446 :: ID: 11730

01 Aug 2004   

Lack of relationship between metallothionein (MT) expression and proliferation exponents in cells of primary ductal breast cancer of G2 grade of differentiation

Paweł Surowiak, Piotr Paluchowski, [...] Piotr Dzięgiel, Teresa Wysocka, Andrzej Wojnar, Marek Spaczyński, Maciej Zabel - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(8): BR300-305 :: ID: 11720

01 Aug 2004   

Cytotoxic and genotoxic effects of &ß-(triphenylphosphonio)ethyl carboxylate and of N,N’-bis(dihexylphosphinoylmethyl)-1,4-diaminocyclohexane

Olga Ilinskaya, Pavel Zelenikhin, [...] Alexey Kolpakov, Nazira Karamova, Anna Margulis - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(8): BR294-299 :: ID: 11728

01 Aug 2004   

Liquid 2-P-HEMA for endovascular tumor therapy: in vivo feasibility study

Daniela Pothmann, Susann Ulusans, [...] Felicitas Prols, Joachim Klisch - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(8): BR286-293 :: ID: 11732

01 Aug 2004   

Evaluation of homeopathy in broiler chickens exposed to live viral vaccines and administered Calendula officinalis extract

Elie K. Barbour, Vatché Sagherian, [...] Salma Talhouk, Rabih Talhouk, Mohamad T. Farran, Fawwak T. Sleiman, Steve Harakeh - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(8): BR281-285 :: ID: 11726

01 Aug 2004   

Catalytic properties of IgMs with amylolytic activity isolated from patients with multiple sclerosis

Dina R. Ivanen, Anna A. Kulminskaya, [...] Konstantin A. Shabalin, Luydmila V. Isaeva-Ivanova, Nadezhda A. Ershova, Andrew N. Saveliev, Gregory A. Nevinsky, Kirill N. Neustroev - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(8): BR273-280 :: ID: 11725

01 Aug 2004   

Does the crural diaphragm share in the contractile activity of the costal diaphragm? The concept of an “autonomous esophageal crus” and its role in esophageal competence

Ahmed Shafik, Ismail Shafik, [...] Olfat El-Sibai, Randa M. Mostafa - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(8): BR268-272 :: ID: 11738

01 Aug 2004   

NK1.1 cells are required to control T cell hyperactivity during Trypanosoma cruzi infection

Fabíola Cardillo, Auro Nomizo, [...] Edilberto Postol, José Mengel - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(8): BR259-267 :: ID: 11729

01 Aug 2004   

Growth hormone enhances gastric ulcer healing in rats

Stefan Beckert, Nicole Class, [...] Farshid Farrahi, Stephan Coerper - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(8): BR255-258 :: ID: 11740

01 Aug 2004   

Somatic mutations in peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ are rare events in human cancer cells

Maximilian G. Posch, Chuanbing Zang, [...] Wolf Mueller, Ulrike Lass, Andreas von Deimling, Elena Elstner - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(8): BR250-254 :: ID: 11731

01 Aug 2004   

Involvement of interleukin-18 in the inflammatory response against oropharyngeal candidiasis

François Tardif, Jean Paul Goulet, [...] Andrew Zakrzewski, Peter Chauvin, Mahmoud Rouabhia - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(8): BR239-249 :: ID: 11737

01 Aug 2004   

Can a Mediterranean diet moderate the development and clinical progression of coronary heart disease? A systematic review

Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos, Christos Pitsavos, [...] Evangelos Polychronopoulos, Christine Chrysohoou, Antonis Zampelas, Antonia Trichopoulou - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(8): RA193-198 :: ID: 11727

01 Aug 2004   

Molecular mechanisms and clinical applications of ginseng root for cardiovascular disease

Wei Zhou, Hong Chai, [...] Peter H. Lin, Alan B. Lumsden, Qizhi Yao, Changyi Chen - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(8): RA187-192 :: ID: 11742

01 Aug 2004   

Topical honey application vs. acyclovir for the treatment of recurrent herpes simplex lesions

Noori S. Al-Waili,

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(8): MT94-98 :: ID: 11736

01 Aug 2004   

Levosimendan in patients with cardiogenic shock undergoing surgical revascularization: a case series

Andreas Lehmann, Johannes Lang, [...] Joachim Boldt, Frank Isgro, Arndt Holger Kiessling - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(8): MT89-93 :: ID: 11735

01 Aug 2004   

Primary testicular carcinoid

Jasmin Hodzic, Klaus Golka, [...] Harald Schulze - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(8): CS46-48 :: ID: 11723

01 Aug 2004   

Herpes simplex encephalitis: a case report

Maciej Jabłkowski, Paweł Kolasa, [...] Wojciech Szubert, Jolanta Białkowska - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(8): CS41-45 :: ID: 11724

01 Aug 2004   

A case of tuberculous granuloma at the supra-sternal notch that was difficult to differentiate from a thyroid tumor

Isao Asayama, Takashi Ishikawa, [...] Tetsu Yamada, Wataru Kitagawa, Kazuo Shimizu - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(8): CS37-40 :: ID: 11722

01 Aug 2004   

Music and medical research

Andreas Otte, Rudi A. Dierckx

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(8): LE15-16 :: ID: 11745

01 Aug 2004   

¹⁴C-urea breath test as a ‘Gold Standard’ for detection of Helicobacter Pylori infection

C. M. Pathak, D. K. Bhasin, [...] K. A. Pramod, K. L. Khanduja - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(8): LE14-15 :: ID: 11744

01 Aug 2004   

Other malignant neoplasms in patients with Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST)

Włodzimierz Ruka, Piotr Rutkowski, [...] Zbigniew I. Nowecki, Anna Nasierowska-Guttmejer, Maria Dębiec-Rychter - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(8): LE13-14 :: ID: 11743

16 Jun 2004 :   

Brachiocephalic vein confluence stenosis treated by two Wallstents using "Y" technique.

Maciej Wandzilak, Wojciech Bodzoń, [...] Marek Krzanowski - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(3): 123-126 :: ID: 11860

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16 Jun 2004 :   

Carotid artery dissection - an important complication after fine-needle aspiration biopsy

Kazimierz Kordecki, Katarzyna Guzińska-Ustymowicz, [...] Andrzej Ustymowicz, Andrzej Lewszuk, Jarosław Krejza - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(3): 120-122 :: ID: 11863

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16 Jun 2004 :   

Bone mineral density and bone metabolism are not related to leptin in hemodialyzed and peritoneally dialyzed uremic patients.

Urszula Łebkowska, Sławomir Wołczyński, [...] Zofia Bondyra, Jacek S Małyszko, Jolanta Małyszko, Michał Myśliwiec - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(3): 115-119 :: ID: 11880

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16 Jun 2004 :   

The radiological symptoms of lumbar disc herniation and degenerative changes of the lumbar intervertebral discs

Maria Niedźwiecka, Urszula Łebkowska, [...] Wojciech J Łebkowski, Janusz Dziecioł - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(3): 112-114 :: ID: 11879

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16 Jun 2004 :   

Evaluation of CBASS sequence in degenerative disease of the lumbar spine based on analysis of consecutive 78 cases

Jacek Filarski, Bartłomiej Dusza, [...] Marek Sąsiadek, Hanna Maksymowicz - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(3): 107-111 :: ID: 11876

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30 Nov 1999 :   

Antiretroviral therapy and its influence on the stage of brain damage in patients with HIV – 1H MRS evaluation

Eugeniusz Tarasów, Alicja Wiercińska-Drapało, [...] Jerzy Jaroszewicz, Agnieszka Orzechowska-Bobkiewicz, Wojciech Dzienis, Danuta Prokopowicz, Jerzy Walecki - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(3): 101-106 :: ID: 878557

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16 Jun 2004 :   

Evaluation of contrast-enhanced FLAIR sequence in MR assessment of intracranial tumours

Piotr Pieniążek, Marek Konopka, [...] Dąbrówka Sokołowska, Piotr Wojtek, Marek Sąsiadek, Anna Zimny - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(3): 94-100 :: ID: 11861

754 2

16 Jun 2004 :   

GABA in ischemic stroke. Proton magnetic resonance study

Lidia Głodzik-Sobańska, Agnieszka Słowik, [...] Justyna Kozub, Barbara Sobiecka, Andrzej Urbanik, Andrzej Szczudlik - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(3): 88-93 :: ID: 11869

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16 Jun 2004 :   

T2-hyperintense foci on brain MR imaging

Monika Bekiesińska-Figatowska,

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(3): 80-87 :: ID: 11870

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30 Nov 1999 :   

Cerebral circulation insufficiency – correlation of CTA-visualized atherosclerotic lesions in extra- and intracranial arteries

Katarzyna Gruszczyńska, Jan Baron, [...] Zbigniew Zieliński, Jerzy Walecki, Jan Gniadek, Krzysztof Czernicki - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(3): 71-79 :: ID: 878556

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30 Nov 1999 :   

Computer-assisted characterisation of a carotid plaque

Aleksander Falkowski, Mariusz Kaczmarczyk, [...] Andrzej Ciechanowicz, Iwona Gorący, Wojciech Poncyljusz, Grażyna Wilk - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(3): 67-70 :: ID: 878555

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16 Jun 2004 :   

Colour Doppler ultrasound in preoperative assessment of the neck vessels in patients with tumours of the oral cavity and the neck region

Oksana Kowalczuk, Tomasz Huzarski, [...] Aleksander Toloczko-Grabarek, Przemysław Dul, Stanisław Mokrzyński, Grażyna Wilk, Aleksander Falkowski - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(3): 63-66 :: ID: 11874

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16 Jun 2004 :   

Value of high resistance index – HRI calculated from Doppler spectrum of popliteal arteries in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

Janusz Kordowski, Katarzyna Fischer, [...] Lidia Ostanek, Marek Brzosko, Marcin Sawicki, Anna Walecka - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(3): 58-62 :: ID: 11871

758 1

16 Jun 2004 :   

Does use of hydrophilic guidewires significantly improve technical success rates of peripheral PTA?

Wojciech Poncyljusz, Aleksander Falkowski, [...] Anna Walecka - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(3): 55-57 :: ID: 11877

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16 Jun 2004 :   

Thyroid volume and hormone response in the early kidney transplants

Urszula Łebkowska, Szymon Brzósko, [...] Maciej Adamczyk, Radosław Łapiński, Jacek Robert Janica, Jolanta Małyszko, Roman Ostapowicz, Marek Gacko, Jerzy Walecki - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(3): 51-54 :: ID: 11878

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16 Jun 2004 :   

Iatrogenic complications due to the nasogastric and rectal cannula in neonates

Anna Tarnowska, Krystyna Potocka, [...] Andrzej Marciński, Tomasz Zieliński, Maria Katarzyna Kornacka - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(3): 46-50 :: ID: 11865

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Percutaneous endovascular recanalization of iliac artery

Aleksander Falkowski, Wojciech Poncyljusz, [...] Stanisław Mokrzyński, Beata Trojnacka - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(3): 42-45 :: ID: 11873

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16 Jun 2004 :   

Can Levovist-enhanced Doppler ultrasound replace angiography in renal arteries imaging ?

Małgorzata Szczerbo-Trojanowska, Wojciech Krzyżanowski, [...] Anna Szymańska, Tomasz Jargiełło, Anna Drelich-Zbroja - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(3): 36-41 :: ID: 11872

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30 Nov 1999 :   

Contrast-enhanced, wide-band, phase inversion harmonic power Doppler imaging of hepatocellular carcinoma

Jacek Janica, Wojciech Serwatka, [...] Jerzy Polaków, Kazimierz Kordecki, Urszula Łebkowska, Jerzy Walecki, Sławomir Dobrzycki - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(3): 32-35 :: ID: 878554

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30 Nov 1999 :   

Hemangiomas and focal nodular hyperplasia in contrast-enhanced, wide-band phase-inversion harmonic power Doppler imaging

Jacek Janica, Wojciech Serwatka, [...] Jerzy Polaków, Andrzej Ustymowicz, Urszula Łebkowska, Kazimierz Kordecki, Jerzy Walecki, Piotr Polaków, Sławomir Dobrzycki - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(3): 26-31 :: ID: 878553

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16 Jun 2004 :   

Extracolonic findings at CT colonography - additional advantage of the method.

Marcin Hartel, Anna Zymon-Zagórska, [...] Joanna Gibińska, Marek Konopka, Joanna Pilch-Kowalczyk, Basem Sallam, Jan Baron - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(3): 22-25 :: ID: 11862

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30 Nov 1999 :   

Evaluation of enhancement patterns of focal nodular hyperplasia in contrast-enhanced, wide-band phase-inversion harmonic power Doppler imaging of the liver

Jacek Janica, Wojciech Serwatka, [...] Jerzy Polaków, Andrzej Ustymowicz, Jerzy Walecki, Jerzy Robert Ladny, Sławomir Dobrzycki - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(3): 17-21 :: ID: 878552

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16 Jun 2004 :   

Diagnostic imaging of carcinoid metastases to the abdomen and pelvis

Jarosław B Ćwikła, John R Buscombe, [...] Martyn E Caplin, Anthony F Watkinson, Jerzy Walecki, Ewa Gorczyca-Wiśniewska, Andrew J W Hilson - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2004; 10(3): 9-16 :: ID: 11866

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